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Box Office Weekend: Don’t Breathe Exhales After Topping Box Office

Seth Paul
Box Office Weekend

While horror conventionally has a difficult time outside of October to land a coveted first-place finish, the critically acclaimed Don’t Breathe scored big with audiences, easily blowing past its $9.9 million budget with an estimated $26.1 million opening. Suicide Squad finally showed some signs of slowing down, which defied critics to become (now that The Secret Life of Pets has fallen off the list) the highest-earning film currently in the top ten, Don't Breathe Posteran estimated $12.1 million bringing it to $282.9 million in domestic totals (and $636 million worldwide). And despite a drop in revenue, Kubo and the Two Strings actually managed to jump in ranking in the top ten; though still a long way from making back its $60 million production costs, its estimated $7.9 million gave the acclaimed animated film a boost in its $24.9 million domestic earnings.

Sausage Party slid to fourth, but remains a bona-fide hit, an estimated $7.7 million raising its domestic gross to $80 million so far. Its third week take was enough to beat out the return of Jason Statham in Mechanic: Resurrection, the sequel to the 2001 film (and remake of the 1972 film), which earned low marks from critics and a debut estimate of $7.5 million. Just below, Pete’s Dragon struggles despite its critical praise, an estimated $7.3 million only adding up to $54.7 million in domestic revenue, and worldwide earnings not enough to cover its $65 million costs.

War Dogs took a tumble as it ended up with a just slightly lower $7.3 million estimate compared to Pete’s Dragon, and the film has brought in $27.8 million so far. Bad Moms managed to tread water in eighth place, bringing in an estimated $5.8 million as the comedy nears $100 million in domestic earnings. Jason Bourne (estimated $5.2 million) has bested that amount with $149.4 million brought in domestically, but it has managed to pull in more than that in overseas dollars…more than enough to put the film in good standing. However, Ben-Hur is objectively not in good standing, as the $100 million epic has floundered badly at the box office, with an estimated $4.5 million adding to a mere $19.6 million domestically so far, and only $41.4 million in total worldwide.

Weekend Box Office (August 26th – August 28th)

  1. Don’t Breathe…$26.1 million
  2. Suicide Squad…$12.1 million
  3. Kubo and the Two Strings…$7.9 million
  4. Sausage Party…$7.7 million
  5. Mechanic: Resurrection…$7.5 million
  6. Pete’s Dragon…$7.3 million
  7. War Dogs…$7.3 million
  8. Bad Moms…$5.8 million
  9. Jason Bourne…$5.2 million
  10. Ben-Hur…$4.5 million

Seth Paul

When not failing to write novels and screenplays, box-office guru Seth writes humorous comedy tracks for films under the name "The One Man Band" that can be found at Rifftrax.com. Although, he has recently succeeded in writing the novella "Jack Alan and the Case of the Not-Exactly Rocket Scientists," available as an eBook on Amazon. He is also the English voice of Zak in "Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space."
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